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Table 105.50. | Number of educational institutions, by level and control of institution: 2009-10 through 2019-20 |
Level and control of institution | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 |
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
All institutions | 138,925 | --- | 136,423 | --- | 139,126 | --- | 139,874 | --- | 137,432 | --- | 134,960 |
Elementary and secondary schools | 132,183 | --- | 129,189 | --- | 131,890 | --- | 132,853 | --- | 130,930 | --- | 128,961 |
Prekindergarten, elementary, and middle | 91,753 | --- | 90,175 | --- | 92,748 | --- | 92,046 | --- | 90,357 | --- | 88,909 |
Secondary and high | 26,904 | --- | 26,524 | --- | 26,724 | --- | 27,144 | --- | 26,962 | --- | 27,155 |
Other, ungraded, and not applicable/not reported |
13,526 | --- | 12,490 | --- | 12,419 | --- | 13,663 | --- | 13,611 | --- | 12,897 |
Public schools |
98,817 | 98,817 | 98,328 | 98,454 | 98,271 | 98,176 | 98,277 | 98,158 | 98,469 | 98,755 | 98,469 |
Prekindergarten, elementary, and middle | 70,142 | 70,427 | 70,291 | 70,007 | 70,050 | 70,113 | 69,931 | 69,612 | 70,112 | 70,261 | 70,039 |
Secondary and high | 23,499 | 23,728 | 23,195 | 23,348 | 23,311 | 23,441 | 23,472 | 23,379 | 23,318 | 23,567 | 23,529 |
Other, ungraded, and not applicable/not reported |
5,176 | 4,662 | 4,842 | 5,099 | 4,910 | 4,622 | 4,874 | 5,167 | 5,039 | 4,927 | 4,901 |
Private schools |
33,366 | --- | 30,861 | --- | 33,619 | --- | 34,576 | --- | 32,461 | --- | 30,492 |
Prekindergarten, elementary, and middle | 21,611 | --- | 19,884 | --- | 22,698 | --- | 22,115 | --- | 20,245 | --- | 18,870 |
Schools with highest grade of kindergarten |
5,577 | --- | 4,883 | --- | 5,515 | --- | 5,411 | --- | 4,585 | --- | 4,328 |
Secondary and high | 3,405 | --- | 3,329 | --- | 3,413 | --- | 3,672 | --- | 3,644 | --- | 3,626 |
Other, ungraded, and not applicable/not reported |
8,350 | --- | 7,648 | --- | 7,509 | --- | 8,789 | --- | 8,572 | --- | 7,996 |
Postsecondary Title IV institutions |
6,742 | 7,021 | 7,234 | 7,253 | 7,236 | 7,151 | 7,021 | 6,606 | 6,502 | 6,138 | 5,999 |
Public | 1,989 | 2,015 | 2,011 | 1,981 | 1,980 | 1,964 | 1,965 | 1,958 | 1,955 | 1,952 | 1,933 |
Private | 4,753 | 5,006 | 5,223 | 5,272 | 5,256 | 5,187 | 5,056 | 4,648 | 4,547 | 4,186 | 4,066 |
Nonprofit | 1,809 | 1,812 | 1,830 | 1,820 | 1,834 | 1,827 | 1,859 | 1,823 | 1,826 | 1,780 | 1,774 |
For-profit | 2,944 | 3,194 | 3,393 | 3,452 | 3,422 | 3,360 | 3,197 | 2,825 | 2,721 | 2,406 | 2,292 |
Title IV non-degree-granting institutions |
2,247 | 2,422 | 2,528 | 2,527 | 2,512 | 2,524 | 2,438 | 2,246 | 2,189 | 2,096 | 2,017 |
Public | 317 | 359 | 362 | 358 | 355 | 343 | 345 | 335 | 329 | 316 | 308 |
Private | 1,930 | 2,063 | 2,166 | 2,169 | 2,157 | 2,181 | 2,093 | 1,911 | 1,860 | 1,780 | 1,709 |
Nonprofit | 185 | 182 | 177 | 168 | 159 | 155 | 158 | 141 | 137 | 116 | 114 |
For-profit | 1,745 | 1,881 | 1,989 | 2,001 | 1,998 | 2,026 | 1,935 | 1,770 | 1,723 | 1,664 | 1,595 |
Title IV degree-granting institutions |
4,495 | 4,599 | 4,706 | 4,726 | 4,724 | 4,627 | 4,583 | 4,360 | 4,313 | 4,042 | 3,982 |
2-year colleges | 1,721 | 1,729 | 1,738 | 1,700 | 1,685 | 1,616 | 1,579 | 1,528 | 1,485 | 1,339 | 1,303 |
Public | 1,000 | 978 | 967 | 934 | 934 | 920 | 910 | 886 | 876 | 868 | 853 |
Private | 721 | 751 | 771 | 766 | 751 | 696 | 669 | 642 | 609 | 471 | 450 |
Nonprofit | 85 | 87 | 100 | 97 | 88 | 88 | 107 | 101 | 99 | 87 | 92 |
For-profit | 636 | 664 | 671 | 669 | 663 | 608 | 562 | 541 | 510 | 384 | 358 |
4-year colleges |
2,774 | 2,870 | 2,968 | 3,026 | 3,039 | 3,011 | 3,004 | 2,832 | 2,828 | 2,703 | 2,679 |
Public | 672 | 678 | 682 | 689 | 691 | 701 | 710 | 737 | 750 | 768 | 772 |
Private | 2,102 | 2,192 | 2,286 | 2,337 | 2,348 | 2,310 | 2,294 | 2,095 | 2,078 | 1,935 | 1,907 |
Nonprofit | 1,539 | 1,543 | 1,553 | 1,555 | 1,587 | 1,584 | 1,594 | 1,581 | 1,590 | 1,577 | 1,568 |
For-profit | 563 | 649 | 733 | 782 | 761 | 726 | 700 | 514 | 488 | 358 | 339 |
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NOTE: Data in this table represent the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Postsecondary data are for Title IV degree-granting and non-degree-granting institutions. Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. | |||||||||||
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2009-10 through 2019-20; Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 2009-10 through 2019-20; and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2009 through Fall 2019, Institutional Characteristics component. (This table was prepared March 2022.) |